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The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Havoc
Homicide
Killing
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If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Community
Cutting
Library
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And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Attorney
County
First Time
Time History First Time
Cook
Third
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It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Chicago
Indiana
Unemployment
Northwest
Similar
Southeast
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I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Family
Best
Done
Given
Next
Our Lives
Phases
Ready
Now
Begin
Phase
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They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Disservice
Men And Women
War Men Women
War Women Men
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I don't fight the suburban areas or collar counties. I get along with them; they're former Chicagoans anyway.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Collars
Fighting
Former
Anyway
Collar
Counties
Suburban
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Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Government
Cities
Federal Government
State Government
States
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I've very proud to be mayor of our great city. It's a city with a heart and a soul. Chicago has a unique spirit. Our business community wants to give back.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Chicago
Unique
Business Community
Great City
Mayor
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You have nothing coming into a major metropolitan area to relocate or locate your business and employees. And you can go across the country and you'll see that.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Metropolitan
Employees
Locate
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I think the state has some serious problems. Just look at the layoffs going on across the state, not just in Chicago. It affects the middle class. It pushes people down.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Chicago
Middle Class
Look People Problems
Affects
Look Problems People
Layoffs
Pushes
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People have to be confident about their sites. We're confident, number one, because under my administration we're managing our airports better than we've ever done before.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Administration
Airport
Confident
Sites
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They knew that Roosevelt and the Democratic party made a difference on them, on their quality of life issues, and they believed in that. But today it is completely different.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Democratic
Democratic Party
Quality Of Life
Believed
Roosevelt
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I'm one who demands a lot from people. I'm not afraid to look at alternative ways in city government. That's what I've done in my two years and will continue to do in the next four.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
City Government
Alternative
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First National Bank laid off 1,000 people; where do they go? There are no jobs for them. So we are having serious economic problems in this country. We are in a real economic crisis.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Crisis
Economic Crisis
Bank
Laid
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Well, the problem of the federal government is that they print money and go in debt. That's their national policy, Democrats and Republicans it doesn't matter. And this is where I differ.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Federal Government
Policy
Print
Democrats
Democrats And Republicans
Differ
Republicans
National Policy
Print Money
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We are going to sign a treaty with Mexico. We are competing internationally. We need another international airport for international cargo, international travel, international businesses.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Travel
Airports
Cargo
Competing
International
Mexico
Needs
Airport
Businesses
Sign
Treaty
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My dad came out of the Roosevelt era and the Depression. One person and one party made a difference in his life. That's what everybody forgot when they called my father and other people political bosses.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Bosses
Forgot
One Party
Roosevelt
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We're competing against other great cities: Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo. That's why it's important that we all join together on the final path to Copenhagen. Having the support of President Obama is key.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Cities
Competing
Copenhagen
Madrid
Path
President Obama
Rio
Tokyo
Obama
Final
Join
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There has been loss of steel manufacturing. Those people need jobs. Where you have to build the third airport is where people are. So you're right; if his site isn't playable, then our site is right next to it.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Loss
Manufacturing
Site
Steel
Airport
Third
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Alcohol and drug addiction are problems, and we should use outside agencies that know the business. They do business all over the country. Why don't we contract them to do it? See, we should be in certain businesses.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Business
Agency
Country
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That's an economic development program in the metropolitan area. If they don't see that, and you don't get these things done, then you're competing with Texas and California and Atlanta; then you really have problems.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Atlanta
California
Competing
Development
Economic Development
Metropolitan
Program
Texas
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So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, 'Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones.' That's one of the problems that directly affects the business community.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Business
Community
Phones
Affects
Business Community
Directly
One Of The Problems
Someplace
Someplace Else
Sudden
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I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Local Government
Philosophy
Government Done People
Edge
Local
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That area environmentally is a waste. You can't do anything. I don't care if the Sierra Club goes out there. It is fully polluted! You're not only going to work to clean up the environment, but also you will put people to work.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Clean
Don't Care
Sierra
Waste
Work People Will
Clean Up
Environmentally
Fully
Work Care People
Polluted
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I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it's the state's problem. It's also the federal government's problem.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Chicago
Metropolitan
Uneducated
Everywhere
Government Believe I Believe
Describe
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We also need people like social workers, volunteers, the Christian Industrial League, drug treatment programs to make sure you are getting them a job. That's what you have to do. Otherwise, we just keep stepping around these things.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Treatment
Workers
Industrial
Programs
Otherwise
Social Workers
Stepping
Volunteers
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I'm the one who gets called up about a problem. I'm the one who gets called up about the street lighting and the abandoned car. I'm the one who gets blamed if the police don't arrive. I'm the one they blame if a city truck is broken down.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Abandoned
Blame
Broken
Lighting
Truck
Arrive
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I've reached out to other mayors throughout the United States to form an Olympic Task Force of Mayors, and to community leaders, Congress, and businesspeople. As thousands of people around the country join the movement, it gets more and more exciting.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Congress
Mayors
Businesspeople
Join
More And More
Olympic
Reached
Task
Task Force
Thousands
Thousands Of People
Throughout
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And the political system is changing rapidly in this country, and we better realize that. The elephants or donkeys are not what younger people look to. They look at individual candidates' philosophy, and I think it's a different time and a different generation.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Candidates
Elephants
Younger
Donkeys
Political System
Rapidly
Younger People
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The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Fitness
Discipline
Physical Fitness
Compete
Sport
Olympic
Required
Teaches
Young People
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Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are today and the commitment by the business community, the commitment by the not-for-profit community - all this coming together - this is a wonderful city.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
Chicago
Business Community
Mayor
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In the coming days, I know there will be some reflecting on my time as mayor. Many of you will search to find what's behind my decision. It's simple. I have always believed that every person, especially public officials, must understand when it is time to move on. For me, that time is now.
Richard M. Daley / Former Mayor Of Chicago
My Time
Officials
Public Officials
Reflecting
Time Decision Me
Believed
Mayor
Move On
Search
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